Sleepwalking is more common in children than in adults, this sleep disorder is more likely to occur when one is deprived of sleep. The urban legend says that waking a sleepwalker can trigger a heart attack, which is a misconception, because if you wake a sleepwalker, what happens is exactly the same as you wake […]
This is called the free-running or Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder ( non-24 or hypernycthéméral) syndrome, a disorder that causes a chronic sleep trouble provoking a delay or an advance of 1 to 2 hours of the biological clock each day. Because of this disorder, the circadian clock no longer coincides with the cycle of the day […]
Sleep deprivation is detrimental to our health, in fact, according to several studies, lack of sleep can bring about many diseases, it can be related to increased blood pressure, increased risk of diabetes and fibromyalgia (a syndrome characterized by chronic muscle pain throughout the body) … In addition to that, it is also connected with […]
Randy Gardner is the record holder of the longest scientifically documented time a person spent without sleep and without the use of stimulants. In 1964, Gardner, a 17 years old boy and a high school student in San Diego, California, remained awake for 264.4 hours (11 days and 24 minutes). During the experiment, the doctors […]